Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church

The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is a Miaphysite Christian church which was founded by Philip the Evangelist during the 1st century AD. Philip converted a eunuch at the court of Queen Kandake, and, in 333 AD, King Ezana of Axum made the Tewahedo Church the state church of the Ethiopian kingdom of Axum. The church adopted policies which would later inspire Martin Luther during the Reformation, including its permission of marriage among the clergy, vernacular scriptures, communion in both kind, and having a direct descent from the apostles. By the 2010s, the church had up to 50 million members.